Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Netherlands
Netherlands: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts was 0.9375 0-6 scale in 2025. ▼ Falling
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Netherlands, 1985–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in 0-6 scale.
Analysis
In 2025, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Netherlands stood at 0.9375 0-6 scale. That is the lowest value across all 41 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Netherlands peaked at 1.38 0-6 scale in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.9375 0-6 scale, in 1999.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 41 years of available data.
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | 0-6 scale | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1.38 0-6 scale | — |
| 1986 | 1.38 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1.38 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1.38 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1.38 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1.38 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1.38 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1.38 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1.38 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.38 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.38 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1.38 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.38 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1.38 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | -31.8% |
| 2000 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.19 0-6 scale | +26.7% |
| 2017 | 1.19 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.19 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.19 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | -21.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.9375 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.38 0-6 scale | 1.38 0-6 scale | 1.38 0-6 scale | 5 |
| 1990s | 1.33 0-6 scale | 0.9375 0-6 scale | 1.38 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9375 0-6 scale | 0.9375 0-6 scale | 0.9375 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 0-6 scale | 0.9375 0-6 scale | 1.19 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9375 0-6 scale | 0.9375 0-6 scale | 0.9375 0-6 scale | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Netherlands?
- Strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Netherlands was 0.9375 0-6 scale in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.38 0-6 scale in 1985.
- What is the lowest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9375 0-6 scale in 1999.
- How does Netherlands rank for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Netherlands ranks 6th out of 7 groups with data for 2025.
- Is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD indicators of employment protection are synthetic indicators of the strictness of regulation on dismissals and the use of temporary contracts. For each year, indicators refer to regulation in force on the 1st of January. For more information and full methodology, see OECD Indicators of Employment Protection webpage Last data update: May 2022 OECD statistics contact: ELS.Contact@oecd.org